RATIFY WOMEN! Campaign Website Launches
Adopted by the U.N. in 1979, the Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) is the most complete international agreement on basic human rights for women. To date, 185 countries have ratified CEDAW. Even though the U.S. helped draft the treaty, it is the only industrialized country left to ratify. Check out NOW's new RATIFY WOMEN! website.

Get Ready to Celebrate Love Your Body Day
Tired of advertisers telling you what's wrong with your body, skin, hair, face? Fed up with the media's narrow portrayal of women? Help NOW Foundation promote positive, inclusive images of women and girls. Start planning events now for Love Your Body Day on Oct. 20. Learn more about the campaign. Enter the contest to design next year's poster.

NOW to President Obama: Alan Simpson Must Go
Alan Simpson is not fit to lead the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform. The ugliness of his disrespect for women is matched only by his dogged determination to dismantle Social Security. NOW urges President Obama to take a stand on this issue and replace Simpson immediately. You can take action on NOW's website or through Twitter.

Women's Equality Day: Time for Constitutional Guarantee of Women's Rights
Ninety years ago today women were given the right to vote when the 19th Amendment to the Constitution was signed into law. However, women are still denied the one thing that would make us truly equal to men -- equal protection of the law, which all men receive thanks to the 14th Amendment.

NOW Congratulates Kendrick Meek, All Endorsed Winners in Tue Primaries
The National Organization for Women applauds Representative Kendrick Meek for his impressive victory in Florida's Democratic primary last night. Meek defeated billionaire investor Jeff Greene, despite Greene's estimated $25 million campaign spending and his particularly malicious attacks on Meek.

NOW Letter to Tim Geithner
Read NOW President Terry O'Neill's letter to Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, urging him to call on President Obama to nominate Elizabeth Warren to head the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

When Media Giants Wed: NOT a Feminist Love Story
The proposed Comcast-NBC merger and the new deal between Google and Verizon are a feminist issue. Read why.

NOW Not Satisfied with Target CEO's Apology
Under protest from LGBT rights activists (including NOW), Target CEO Gregg Steinhafel apologized on Aug. 5 for donating $150,000 to a group that supports an anti-gay marriage, anti-quality candidate for governor in Minnesota.

NOW Celebrates Senate Confirmation of Elena Kagan to U.S. Supreme Court
Today the Senate voted to confirm Solicitor General Elena Kagan as the next Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court. For the first time in history the court will have three sitting female justices -- a critical mass that will undoubtedly make a significant difference in the struggle for women's equality.

NOW Applauds Ruling on Proposition 8
NOW President Terry O'Neill said: "Discriminatory legislation such as Proposition 8 has no place in a nation dedicated to equal rights for all people. Same-sex couples in California and all over the United States can celebrate this ruling that recognizes their civil rights and human dignity."

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• Let Young Women Speak for Ourselves
• Anti-Abortion Groups in a Tizzy over FDA's Approval of Ella
• Honey, We Forgot to Ratify Equality for Women
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RATIFY WOMEN! Check out NOW's new campaign to get CEDAW, the Women's Rights Treaty, ratified at last in the U.S.

Love Your Body Day is on Wednesday, Oct. 20. Help the NOW Foundation promote positive images of women. Enter the poster contest for next year.

Say It, Sister! NOW's blog to inform, inspire and instigate feminist activism -- join the conversation online today.

Media Hall of Shame: Read about the media's latest outrages, and rate them yourself!

NOW to President Obama: Alan Simpson Must Go
Alan Simpson is not fit to lead the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform. Join NOW in urging President Obama to replace Simpson immediately. You can take action on NOW's website or through Twitter.

Stop the Stealth Attack on Social Security
The National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform is moving under cover of darkness to recover the billions spent on Wall Street bailouts, tax breaks for the wealthiest and unfunded wars. How? By cutting benefits under the Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid programs.

Help Keep Shelters Open and Expand Services to Survivors of Domestic Abuse
The Family Violence Protection Services Act (FVPSA), a vital source of funding for programs that aid survivors of domestic abuse, expired in 2008 and desperately needs to be reauthorized this year.

Time is Running Out - Senate Needs to Pass Paycheck Fairness Act
TAKE ACTION: NOW activists should call AND email their senators, urging them to pass the Paycheck Fairness Act (S.182/H.R.12), which the House adopted early in 2009.

Watchdog Not Lapdog Needed to Reform Wall Street
Tell Obama to nominate Elizabeth Warren to head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau!

Congress Must Repeal DOMA -- Contact Your Representative
NOW is the time to pressure Congress for immediate passage of the Respect for Marriage Act (H.R. 3567), which would fully repeal the discriminatory Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA). A federal district court judge recently ruled DOMA unconstitutional, and the case may well get to the Supreme Court -- but we want Congress to act now.

Speak Out Against Anti-Abortion Terrorism
Groups like Operation Save America and Operation Rescue use intimidation tactics to scare away women from exercising their right to obtain abortion care. By signing this petition, you will send a message that these actions are an organized form of terrorism that must stop.

Help Eradicate Female Genital Mutilation
Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) is a horrendous, excruciating, and life-threatening practice forced upon women and girls around the world, including countries such as Canada and the United States.

Tell the Senate to RATIFY WOMEN
The U.S. the only industrialized country in the world not to have yet ratified CEDAW.